Patriots not sure what to do about Emmanuel Sanders
Patriots still mulling whether to sign Steelers WR Emmanuel Sanders to an offer sheet. So far, no decision made and no offer sheet signed.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 16, 2013
Apparently the Patriots are dragging their feet a bit with Steelers wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders. He's a restricted free-agent with a third round tender but Pittsburgh is tight to the cap so the Patriots could easily structure the deal so that the Steelers couldn't match. That would mean front loading a deal to make it around $5 mil in the first year.
They'd also have to give up a third round draft pick because of the tender. The Patriots only have five picks for this draft, but the argument could be made that if they are thinking of adding a receiver, they are pretty bad at doing it through the draft. Chad Jackson or Taylor Price anyone?
[Update: Apparently they just have yet to sign the offer sheet, and can wait on that]
No signed sheet yet. usually its done little later to screw other team vs cap RT @travschn1922: Set it straight what is going on w sanders?
— Greg A. Bedard (@GregABedard) March 16, 2013
